Description
This drawing is dated 1783, and is unsigned by the artist, but it is likely that this is one of George Henry Hutton's own works. Under the title that is written in ink, the words 'Gowrie Castle looking south' can be made out. The barracks at Perth was the subject of a series of drawings in the Hutton Collection, made in 1783. The drawing of this particular site were almost certainly all by Hutton: later engravings made of some of them name him as the artist. In the titles of all but two of the drawings, however, the barracks is named 'Gowrie Castle'. Gowrie Castle, or Gowrie House, situated on the west bank of the River Tay at the foot of South Sreet in Perth, was the town residence of the Ruthvens, Earls of Gowrie, until the seventeenth century when the family was forfeited by James VI, and its property removed. The building was converted into a barracks after the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising.
Collective title: Hutton Drawings > [Volume 2] > Perthshire
More details about the album and its contents can be found on the collection website.
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
Courtesy of National Library of Scotland
Location
Rannoch Barracks, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Country
Scotland
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The site is now occupied by county buildings. Some remains survive along the south side of Water Vennel.
